This news is a few weeks old, but I still think that it’s pretty cool. Volkswagen is going to start adding USB ports to their cars. We will start with the Golf, Golf Plus and Touran and then next year USB connections will be available for other models. These ports will allow you to play… Read more »
Posts By: Scott
Games Galore
With the next geek LAN gaming party scheduled for later in October, I ran across a nice site with a pretty sizable list of free (yes, I said FREE) Multiplayer games. We might have to try a few of these out. I did notice that the list was lacking a fun multiplayer puzzle game I… Read more »
Mentos rocket
Sombody spent a little time building a rocket out of a big mentos tube. I guess this is one way to ensure that evil martians don’t kill us when we rocket towards their planet. How could anyone or anything possibly have any sort of ill will towards something mentos related? At the very least, the… Read more »
Talk Like a Pirate Day
Happy National Talk Like a Pirate Day! Update: Check out the Corsair Ergonomic keyboard for pirates
Rare Kidney Bean Mentos Owner
You all may recall this post about the “Kidney Bean Cinnamon Mentos Candy” up for bid on ebay. Well, I returned home from work today to find a package from my friend Jon (who by-the-way just got engaged… congrats!). Apparently, he was the high bidder for the rare Mentos. He packaged it up, and sent… Read more »
Google Blog Search
Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later… Google has finally launched a blog-specific search engine (blogsearch.google.com) . I haven’t had a whole lot of time to play with it, but it seems to work pretty well. Apparently it gets the search information from RSS feeds and the help document points to weblogs.com as… Read more »
Apple Releases Some New iPod Stuff
At a special media event today, Apple rolled out a few new products to their digital music offerings. iPod Nano Probably the most notable of the new products is the iPod Nano. This tiny new flash-based digital music player takes the place of the iPod Mini (no longer being sold). It sports a color screen,… Read more »
Awesometown
Three guys (Ardy, Jorma, and Kiva) put together a pretty funny pilot called Awesometown for Fox. When Fox passed, they shopped the pilot to MTV and Comedy Central, who also passed. Both pilots are available for viewing on the Awesometown site. Definitely check it out!
New Peach Mentos
The Mentos gods have been smiling down on me the past couple weeks. Not only did Mentos update their website recently, but I have finally discovered the holy grail of Mentos… peach flavor! I don’t remember when I first caught wind of the mystical peach flavored Mentos, but it was some time ago. I think… Read more »
Last.FM and Audioscrobbler
A few months back I discovered a neat service that at that time was actually two separate services. Audioscrobbler and Last.FM have since merged into one super-cool tool for finding and listening to new music. The thing that makes this tool different than the million and a half other music sites out there is that… Read more »
Mentos USA Updates Their Website
Mentos USA has a new website! Sometime in the past couple of weeks, Mentos updated their website (I try to check it on a regular basis). The site now has a new darker blue swirly look, and includes a few new areas. They’ve also added some interesting Mentos news to the site. The fruit flavored… Read more »
Kidney Bean Cinnamon Mentos Candy
I regularly do searches on ebay for “mentos” just to see what kind of cool Mentos merchandise is out there and ran across an interesting one today. Someone is selling a malformed Mentos Candy in the shape of a kidney bean. I don’t think this is something I’d ever spend any money on, but thought… Read more »
Hillary Rosen Guest Blogging on Lessig.org
Hilary Rosen, the former Chairman and CEO of the RIAA (Recording Industry Ass. of America) will be guest blogging on Lawrence Lessig’s blog this week. I think it will be interesting to see what she has to say now, two years after stepping down from her post at the RIAA. I’m curious how much of… Read more »
Swipe
Have you ever wondered what information was in that funny looking barcode on the back of your driver’s license? Well, wonder no more. There is a site called Swipe where you can download a tool (or upload it online) to find out what sort of information is being acquired when someone swipes your license.
Flickr Explore
Flickr recently added a new way to plow thorough the millions of photos on their site. It’s called Flickr Explore, and it’s kind of a dynamic rating system for cool photos that is based on several variables (which they call “interestingness”). There are lots of things that make a photo ‘interesting’ (or not) in the… Read more »
